Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
UGC NET December 2023 (13.12.2023) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: The long-term memory for information tied to a particular time and place, especially memory of the events in a person's life, is called implicit memory.
- Statement II: The knowledge that we are not conscious of recalling but that influences our behaviour or thought without our awareness is called episodic memory.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect — Both statements are incorrect, so the answer is both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
Explanation
★Both statements are incorrect, so the answer is both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
★Memory tied to particular events, times and places is called episodic memory, not implicit memory.
★So Statement I swaps the terms and is wrong.
★Knowledge we recall without awareness, influencing behaviour unconsciously, is implicit memory.
★So Statement II also swaps the terms and is wrong.
★The two definitions have been interchanged, making both statements incorrect.
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